How to Beat Jumper's Knee, Or Patellar Tendinosis, With 3 Easy Tips

You have Jumpers Knee, and you've been in chronic pain for months now. Physical Therapy hasn't been working too well and your Orthopedist says you'll probably need surgery. The truth is, that in the vast majority of the cases surgery can be avoided. Here's how:

Get Prolotherapy or Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy

Both Prolotherapy and Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy are excellent alternatives to surgery that thousands of people are seeking out in order to heal soft tissue injuries like Patellar Tendinosis. Both of the procedures use a technique of injecting the injured soft tissue (like a tendon or ligament) with some sort of substance (like a dextrose solution), turning the chronic injuries into a temporary acute injury, and forcing the body to heal back the injured area. It's quite impressive!

There is a difference between Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy or PRP and Prolotherapy. Doctors who use Prolotherapy like to inject the area with an irritant which causes the body to heal the area. While doctors who use Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy take your blood, spin it down to get the healing parts out of it called "platelets", and then inject those platelets into the injured area to heal it. Generally, doctors who use PRP also use an ultrasound to visually see the injured areas, whereas those who use Prolotherapy usually don't think it's necessary.

While Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy is more accepted into mainstream medicine, up to the point when this article was written there doesn't seem to have been extensive studies done comparing PRP to Prolotherapy. Depending how bad your injury is, it might be worthwhile to try Prolotherapy first since it is the cheaper option and seems to work as well. The important thing is to find a known doctor who is skilled in Prolotherapy or PRP and has experience since while the procedures are non invasive they still are injecting you with a needle and you want someone who knows what they are doing.

Do Eccentric Squats

Eccentric, One-Legged Squats have been shown to help Jumpers Knee. It is recommended that you do them on an incline board. To do them, get an incline board, and stand on it. Then with one leg only, squat up to the point that your knee reaches your foot, and raise yourself again. Do 3 sets of 15 of those twice a day on both legs. This is supposed to be extremely helpful in healing Jumpers Knee.

Do Cross Friction Massages

Do this only if you haven't just gotten the Prolotherapy or Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy. Put your finger or thumb on your tendon where you feel the pain, and strongly move it back and forth across the tendon giving yourself a deep massage. The cross friction massage is supposed to be extremely good at helping to heal the injury.

There You Have It...

There you have it, those are the 3 tips you need in order to help heal your Jumpers Knee. So what are you waiting for? Go out there and heal!